The Angry Black Man: Anybody But Benavidez

Matthew Brown
Apr 25, 2025
2 min read

The Angry Black Man

04/25/2025

FIGHT HIM!!! TF 😡

Now I’ve been doing good—real good—when it comes to controlling my temper. I guess you could say I was on a hiatus of sorts, but this tweet right here?

Now we’re gonna be left with smooth-brained lemmings repeating talking points planted by the writers of yesteryear.

E-mail champion.

Fake champion.

Paper champion.

Simple question: Can you whoop him though?

(Writers and you quagmire one-arm punchers?)

With these tariffs increasing the price of dat oil™️, y’all really gonna piss me off. This laptop may need a backup. But before I go off on a tangent, let’s just look at the facts.

As reported by Brunch Boxing, David Benavidez had already left before the rematch even finished in the ring on 2/22/25—he was en route back to the States.

Whatever came of the discussions ringside and Bivol’s subsequent victory, all momentum toward the bout fans were promised was suddenly gone. The “next big fight,” as indicated by Alalshikh, came to a screeching halt.

The WBC ordered the bout immediately—and then came the press war: Mauricio and the WBC vs. Turki Alalshikh and The Ring (and their usual flock of writers). Now if you’re anything like me, you couldn’t care less what any of them have to say. I’m looking for the fights—and the actions taken to make them happen.

So where Gritty made his point—what can be done to prove nobody’s ducking Benavidez? Simple answer. Two words: FIGHT HIM.

The WBC has decided to consolidate at 175—one WBC champion (no vacant, interim, diamond, franchise, etc.). In response, Benavidez has petitioned the WBA to have the winner of the trilogy fight him or be stripped of the title.

What everyone should want from a championship fighter—including owning his past mistakes and not making excuses—is exactly what Benavidez seems to embody. Yet he still has his fair share of detractors and haters… which, in boxing, is a good thing.

So if someone were to ask me, “Angry Ass Nigga, do you think Bivol is ducking?” No. No, I don’t. But we’ll see if the fight ever materializes—or if business gets ahead of boxing like the dictionary in reverse.

And if I’m being completely honest? I’m not 100% sure the trilogy even happens next.

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